Combination bed, table, and settee



C.H.GUNN.

COMBINATION BED, TABLE, AND SETTEE.

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0. H. GUNN.

COMBINATION BED, TABLE, AND SETTEE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. 1921. 1,399,342, Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

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UNITED-STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

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COMBINATION BED, TABLE, AND sEr'rEE.

form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in household furniture, and particularly to a type 7 especially suited for apartment houses, flats, and any home in which furniture space is limited or the number of occupants is relatively great.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an article of furniture in which a table, a bed and a settee will be combined in a single and compact unit;

Another object is to provide a minimum of operating parts or mechanisms, so that to convert the article from a table to a bed, or arrange it to serve as a commodious settee, will be but the work of a few seconds.

The device may of course be built in different sizes so as to provide a large family table in combination with a full length bed, or it may be made to serve as a side table and a childs crib.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes which it is designed.

These objects I- accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.-

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of the device, showing the same in use as a table.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the table top opened out to disclose the bed portion of the device.

Fig. 3 is a perspective elevation of the device turned to serve as a settee.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section, showing half the table top in place as such and half opened up or moved to serve as the head or foot rest of the bed.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary section Specification of Letters Patent.

'pants comfort.

Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

Application filed January 22, 1921. Serial 170. 439,070.

of a table-top members, showing a catch'or lock system.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of referenceon the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes the permanent end pieces or panels of the structure, having connecting side boards 2 extending down from the top edges, a relativel short distance, from the lower edges of which bottom boards 3 slope downwardly at a slight angle toward the longitudinal center, while from the junction of these boards along said central plane a rigid board 4: depends downwardly to the bottom of the panels 1. p

The parts thus far described form a rigidly secured and permanent structure, and it will be noted that the members 1, 2 and 3 define a rectangular area in the bottom of which may be placed a spring mattress 5 of any desired form, extending from end to end of the inclosure, which serves as a bed, and can of course be made in various sizes to suit different conditions.

It will also be seen that by tipping the entire structure onto its side, the member 4 forms the seat of the settee, the slanting boards 3 providing the back, while the members 1 form the end arm-rests. The member 4: is only intended to be used as a seat on one side thereof, and slopes downwardly (when positioned as a seat) from its outer to its inner end, so as to add to the occu- It may also be provided with permanently mounted cushions if desired, together" with the back '3.

To permit the device to be readily upset from the bed to the settee position, or viceversa, the corners'of the panels 1 on which the device tilts are provided with casters 6 which bear on the floor at all positions of the said panels.

Adapted to completely cover the bed area and resting on top of the members 1 and 2 are a pair of identical table-top members 7, abutting together along the transverse center line of said area and preferably extending somewhat beyond the members 1 and 2 for the sake of appearance.

These table members are each connected to the members 2 by a pair of links 8, pivoted to the under side of the top and to the inside of the members 2, the length and pivotal connections of these links being so proportioned and arranged that when the top to which they are connected is pulled away about these c'o'nditionathe pivotal connection of the links with, the members 2must,

be placed substantially half-way between the pivotal connection of, the links with the table top and the outer face of the correspondin end-panel, v

, In. order to hold each tabletop in. rigid connectioncwith the members 1 and 2 and against undesired movement either when the le'isbeing used as such or whenthe structure isupset to serve as a settee; I provide a plurality ofnotched lugs or, catches a rvotall mounted in said top and projecting there elow certain distance,and' adapted to project into, and on age with slotted plates 10 set flush with 51811131381 edges of the members 1 and 2. There is preferably one such catch ateach inner end of the table top, one of which has a spring 11 serving-t0 normall hold such catch in positive contact wit its slotted plate, the corresponding plates, being fixedfin themembers 2, and one adjacent the outer edge, the plate 101 therefor being set in the end panel .1. These 7 catchesautomatically engage their respecun er si e of said to tive plates when the; tops are moved to lie andrest on the members 1 and: 2. To releaseall the catches on each top in unison and at will a finger trigger 12 is, provided, this being s idably mounted in the top 7 and pro'eeti into arecess lfii ositioned on the in t at portion, projecting beyondthelen "panel 1. A pull wire 14 extends, from said trigger to the adjacent catch,and Wires 15 branch from said catch to the other catchesat the other end of the top, these Wires being preferably set in concealed or covered grooves 16,.

Thus it will be seen, that-by pulling on the single trigger, all three catches-ale simultaneously moved to disengage the slotted plates, and while so moved, the table top may be raised a trifle and drawn toward the party operating and standing behind the trigger, this manipulatibn ofv the; table causing an upward movement atjthevsame time onacc'ount of the links, which then support the majority of the weight of the top and allow it to be easily moved to lie against the endpanelsi "As soon as the catches are free of the slots, the trigger may be released,

when the springs 11 will work to movethe atches back. to the, position'in which they will automatically engage the slotted plates when the table topshare. repositioned.

7 From the foregoing description'it: will be readily seen thatl have reduced such a device as substantially f file. the objects of the invention as setiorth herein.

.lVhile this specification sets forth in detail the, present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations fromsuch detail may be resorted-to as do not form a departure trom thespirit of the invention, as definedby the appended claims. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1 a com ation bed, and table com- 7 prising-side and: end panelszinelosing a bed area, and, a pair 036 table tops adapted to rest on the panels to cover such area or to 'be moved to lieyverticall y outside the-end panels, therebeingonecatch at the outer end of each topuantli catches on each sideadjacent the other end, members mounted in the panelsand with which said catches, engage, a

finger trigger mounted at the outer end of each top and located adjacent to. the catch at that end, a directcoimectionl from; said trigger to said catch, and connections branching from-Jsaid catch to the catches at the other end. v V

2, In a combination bedand table comprising a frame inclosing; a bed. area, and a pair of table tops adapted-to rest, on; the frame weaver-such area: o o be. moved to lie vertically outside the, endsot the frame, a catch atone endoteach top, catchesv on each side thereofadj aoentthe other ends', the catches being adopted to engage the frame, and, a common means in each top for releasing all the catches thereomsimultaneously.

n: testimony whereof Iafiix my signature. 1

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